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  2. Rate equation - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, reactions with heterogeneous catalysis can be zero order if the catalytic surface is saturated. For example, the decomposition of phosphine (PH 3) on a hot tungsten surface at high pressure is zero order in phosphine, which decomposes at a constant rate. [15] In homogeneous catalysis zero order behavior can come about from reversible ...

  3. Arrhenius equation - Wikipedia

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    In physical chemistry, the Arrhenius equation is a formula for the temperature dependence of reaction rates.The equation was proposed by Svante Arrhenius in 1889, based on the work of Dutch chemist Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff who had noted in 1884 that the Van 't Hoff equation for the temperature dependence of equilibrium constants suggests such a formula for the rates of both forward and ...

  4. Zero order - Wikipedia

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    Zero order reaction. Zero-order process (statistics), a sequence of random variables, each independent of the previous ones; Zero order process (chemistry), a chemical reaction in which the rate of change of concentration is independent of the concentrations; Zeroth-order approximation, an approximation of a function by a constant

  5. Half-life - Wikipedia

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    [] = [] In order to find the half-life, we have to replace the concentration value for the initial concentration divided by 2: [] / = [] / and isolate the time: / = [] This t ½ formula indicates that the half-life for a zero order reaction depends on the initial concentration and the rate constant.

  6. Thiele modulus - Wikipedia

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    Then the Thiele modulus for a first order reaction is: = From this relation it is evident that with large values of , the rate term dominates and the reaction is fast, while slow diffusion limits the overall rate. Smaller values of the Thiele modulus represent slow reactions with fast diffusion.

  7. Rate-determining step - Wikipedia

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    In fact, however, the observed reaction rate is second-order in NO 2 and zero-order in CO, [5] with rate equation r = k[NO 2] 2. This suggests that the rate is determined by a step in which two NO 2 molecules react, with the CO molecule entering at another, faster, step. A possible mechanism in two elementary steps that explains the rate ...

  8. SN1 reaction - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Thus, the rate equation is often shown as having first-order dependence on the substrate and zero-order dependence on the nucleophile. This relationship holds for situations where the amount of nucleophile is much greater than that of the intermediate. Instead, the rate equation may be more accurately described using steady-state kinetics.

  9. Reaction rate constant - Wikipedia

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    where A and B are reactants C is a product a, b, and c are stoichiometric coefficients,. the reaction rate is often found to have the form: = [] [] Here ⁠ ⁠ is the reaction rate constant that depends on temperature, and [A] and [B] are the molar concentrations of substances A and B in moles per unit volume of solution, assuming the reaction is taking place throughout the volume of the ...